Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Renting in Hackensack: a two-bedroom costs about $970
Hackensack is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
What Hackensack’s housing numbers say
A second-home town
30% of Hackensack’s homes are seasonal or vacation homes, empty for much of the year. Year-round rentals are scarce: there are 61 renter households. Property taxes ↓
Few homes for sale, but they don’t sell fast
With about 1.6 months of supply (Minnesota: 3), the market counts as tight. Yet the typical home took 68 days to sell, against 37 statewide, and sold at 97% of asking. Tight supply here hasn’t meant quick sales. How fast homes sell ↓
Values rose faster than Minnesota’s over five years
The typical Hackensack home is up 34% in five years, against 14% across Minnesota. Since October 2016 it has about doubled, from $193K to $383K. Price trend ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through September 2026; sales and supply are Redfin’s for September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2025; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey, which has wide margins in a place this size.
Why Hackensack isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cass County, MN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Minnesota norm
The median bill is $1,019 (Minnesota: $3,357), 0.58% of a home’s value a year, against 1.02% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Hackensack vs. its neighbors
Of the 1 towns here with a Zillow value, Hackensack has the lowest. Hiram Township and Birch Lake Township have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack | – | $383K | $177K | 0.58% | $970 |
| Birch Lake Township | – | — | $277K | 0.49% | $970 |
| Hiram Township | – | — | $383K | 0.59% | $1,000 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Hackensack
How much is rent in Hackensack?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $970 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $620 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Hackensack?
The median bill is $1,019 a year, 0.58% of the median home value (Minnesota: $3,357, 1.02%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Hackensack have a cost of living grade?
Hackensack is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Hackensack buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.